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Asheville, NC cityscape

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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

a dispatch from

asheville

NC

35.58°N

82.55°W

Asheville is what happens when a mountain town and an art school have a baby and raise it on craft beer. Downtown packs more breweries per capita than almost anywhere in America, plus buskers on every corner and Art Deco buildings the Depression accidentally preserved (the city went broke before it could tear them down). The Biltmore, America's largest private home, looms on the edge of town like a stone-carved flex. Remote workers keep showing up, which is how you know.

metro417k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$17

less monthly outlay than Provo

On paper, Asheville and Provo are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

0% more expensive than Provo(vs $1,743/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$13/mo less in state tax than Provo

vs 4.65% in Provo

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$17 more than Provo

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$430k

23% cheaper than Provo

vs $559k in Provo

05metro size

417k

vs 733k in Provo

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Provo only logs 171 pleasant days.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 35.0× more on the calendar than Provo.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

19% lower than Provo

vs 81/100 in Provo

Closest outdoor draw: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 74.8 mi.

·walk score®

63/100

29% lower than Provo

vs 89/100 in Provo

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

91% fewer than Provo

vs 91 nonstops in Provo

04 · see also

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